Aim: People with severe mental illnesses (SMI) face different occupational challenges than those diagnosed with personality disorders (PD). Supported employment (SE) has been validated for SMI patients but its effectiveness for individuals with PD remains unclear, and the reasons for this potential difference have not been explored. This study aimed to identify differences in SE practice for clients with SMI and those with PD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: People with borderline personality disorder have difficulties with work. The Individual Placement and Support model has shown its worldwide effectiveness in terms of vocational rehabilitation for individuals with psychiatric disorders. However, only a few recent studies have explored its results for people with personality disorders, and the findings were mitigated.
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February 1997
Cephalic duodenopancreatectomy is certainly the operation of choice in cases of adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic head. We evaluated the results of this operation in order to justify its indication and to pinpoint the factors that have an influence on the patients' prognosis after the operation. From 1982 to 1992, 386 patients were hospitalized in our department with the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, all histological types included.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThree hundred and sixty consecutive cases of gastric adenocarcinoma were studied retrospectively between 1976 and 1987. Surgery was curative in 195 patients: 91 had a subtotal gastrectomy 83 a total gastrectomy and 21 a proximal gastrectomy. Subtotal and total gastrectomy were compared within this group in terms of postoperative morbidity and mortality, abdominal comfort and 5-year actuarial survival: Postoperative mortality was greater after total gastrectomy (9.
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